The Central High Freshman locker room and ROTC building suffered severe damages during Hurricane Gustav due to the roof being pulled off. Because damages were not able to be repaired, additional damages were suffered during another rain and wind storm last week.

School Board President Russell Starns stated that the damages are still under investigation and different options are being discussed including putting on a pitched metal roof. The school board is waiting on an insurance adjuster but they are working with a contractor and all damages will be repaired.

Superintendant Faulk could not be reached for comment.

Below are the pictures of the damage.

Whether you’re single or single again, this is a night full of fun for you!

Zoar Baptist Church is having a Remember the 50’s Party on Friday Oct 10th from 7:00 PM till. 

It will be in the new building behind Zoar.  Come dressed in 50’s attire. There will be prizes for the best 50’s look. 

There will be cheese burgers, root beer floats, hula hoop contest, jitterbug, and twist and Music–The oldies from the 50’s.  If you don’t have any 50’s attire come anyway and have a good time.  

Need more info? Call David Frey @ 405-8711

The Wildcats improved their 2008 record to 3-0 tonight at home against the Vikings. The band also recorded another convincing win, maintaining a perfect 3-0 as well. Highlights of the game included a blocked punt by Josh Veals, a 44 yard fumble return for a score by Rovell Lee, a safety by Barrett Goudeau and touchdowns by Will Briscoe, Nick Giglio, Dequincy Brown, and Antonio Dunn. Mathew Thibodeaux was 4 for 4 on extra points and Giglio ran in a two point conversion on this week’s “Trick Play”, which is in the highlight videos below.

The defense held Northeast scoreless, allowing only 125 yards of total offense with only 8 completions in 23 attempts and a lowly 1.9 yards per rush.

Click here for the full GAME STATS and follow this link to the cumulative SEASON STATS. Our thanks to Mr. Corley and the CHS football program for making the stats available so quickly.

We will add photos and video as they are received and compiled.  The first video is a short “Highlight Reel”

Or…If you missed the game…watch every play in the second video below. Only the actual plays are in the video so it is about 45 minutes long, including a couple of halftime shots of Homecoming Court and the entire After-Game show by the Band.

The Lady Wildcat volleyball team fell to rival Denham Springs Wednesday night 0-3. The Wildcats are now 12-2 and 3-1 in district. The next game will be Monday Sept. 29 vs. Parkview. The freshman game will begin at 4, JV at 5 and Varsity at 6.

Aimie Michelle Chapman, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Jason Morgan Fountain, of East Brewton, Alabama, will marry in a 5:30 p.m. ceremony October 5 at Victory Harvest Church in Baton Rouge.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chapman, of Baton Rouge.

She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Earline Cormier, and the late Mr. Fred Cormier, of Gueydan, Louisiana, Mr. Vance Chapman, and the late Mrs. Verda Chapman, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The bride-elect is a graduate of Central High School and LSU. She is employed with Victory Academy as a middle school math teacher and with Victory Harvest Church as the college director and activities coordinator.

Her fiancé is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Fountain, of East Brewton.

He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Cargill, of Castleberry, Alabama, and the late Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Fountain, of East Brewton, Alabama.

He is a graduate of W.S. Neal High School and Troy University. He is employed with LSU as the Associate Director of the Academic Center for Student-Athletes.

The City Council met this evening and disposed of routine business in short order. The topic of great interest was the progress of storm debris pickup. Here are several key points:
The pickup process has been slowed by rains which made the disposal site unavailable for several days due to road damage.
If you do not have debris curbside by October 5th, removal will be your responsibility.
If you have leaves and debris in plastic bags, dump them out streetside, yes, that’s right, dump the leaves back on the ground. The problem is that bagged debris can not be picked up due to safety concerns in the automated process of collection and burning.
The debris pickup contract has been extended to run through 10/15/08 with a limit of 150,000 cubic yards. The original contract was through 10/9/08.

The Council deferred action on the issue of reviewing permit fees.

Central continued the winning streak beating Woodlawn in straight sets Monday night. The freshman and JV team also won their matches.

The Central Community School System board met in a regular meeting tonight and all members were present.  In addition to other routine business, the board voted to allow a home schooled student who meets all LHSAA (Louisiana High School Athletic Association) guidelines to join the swimming team at Central High School.

The item of great discussion for the evening came in a motion concerning compensation of school board members.  Currently, serving on the school board is an unpaid position.  Marty Guilbeau moved that school board service be for no compensation until such time as the available financial reserves meet the governmental accounting reccomended level equal to three months of operating expenses.  The school system currently has about $166,000 in reserves and a three month cushion would be about $7 million.

The motion was seconded by Russell Starns.  A substitute motion was then offered by Sharon Browning to “Lay the motion on the table.”  This motion would cause the vote on the original motion to be delayed until the new elected school board is in place.  The substitute motion was seconded by Jim Gardner.

Public discussion was then opened up and about seven persons spoke, all in favor of defeating the substitute motion and calling for the current appointed board to vote on Mr. Guilbeau’s motion.  Board discussion then followed and the vote was taken by roll call.  Voting to “table” the motion, thus delaying a vote on school board member compensation until after the election, were Anderson, Browning, Easley, and Gardner.  Voting not to table the issue, thus requiring a vote by the current board on whether to compensate board members, were Foil, Guilbeau and Starns.

In short, the board voted 4 to 3 to take no action on setting or denying compensation, delaying any such vote until the new elected school board meets after the October 4th election.